The goal of organizing is not to get more members, collect more dues, or gain political clout. We organize workers to build a movement strong enough to end bosses’ exploitation and abuse of workers.
The public healthcare system is in crisis, with hospitals that are both overcrowded and understaffed. Governments are pushing privatization but their cure will make the…
CUPE 3906 is gearing up for potential job action at McMaster University. Representing Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants-in-lieu, Sessional Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows, the members are…
Dalhousie was back at the bargaining table briefly last week, showing they are concerned about the mounting pressure from students. As long as student and campus solidarity continues to build, workers at Dal will win their fight.
Last month, a former lobbyist for transportation company Uber leaked over 124,000 confidential documents to the Guardian that reveal the lengths to which the company…
While the bosses try to blame workers for inflation, the rising cost of of living is leaving workers with no other choice but to organize and fight.
This May Day is much more than an annual celebration where workers take the opportunity to get together. It’s a key event for the labour…
The pandemic has supersized inequality and inequity in Ontario. In the May Day tradition of fighting for a better world, we should aim to use this May Day to fight for a better Ontario for all, to boost the confidence of all those wanting to fight back against the bosses and the politicians who are fomenting racism and putting profits before people.
As we enter the 6th wave of COVID, the Ford government has lifted restrictions, watched infections rise and provided no protections for workers. This has…
We shouldn’t embrace Del Duca’s vague regional living wage promise that in practice will trade off gains of social programs for wages, divide rather than unite workers, and allow employers to exploit a more fractured ESA. We need to keep building the decent work movement, to fight for a $20 minimum wage in every region and stronger employment standards for all.
If we want to seriously address workers’ rights in the gig economy, the first thing we need to do is ensure workers have access to the full rights and benefits that are afforded to other workers under the Employment Standards Act. Anything short of this leaves gig workers behind and threatens to erode employment standards for all workers.
Two years into the pandemic – with all the risks of unsafe work conditions, lost pay, and job precarity continuing to fall disproportionately on low-income…
